The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-10-22

so hard with US any way eff we're catched.
| I've killed men before, an l amt afraid to
again. l know l got % again too-there's
a man Pm goin' to kill inside o. three
months. / said I'd do it an l willI'
''Who is it?''
"Ain't there something COMMIT" said
| BuckslIIn, paying no attention to the ques-
ton of the other.
81 b'lieve So" replied his partner invol-
| UNFAIRLY glancing at his gun. They both
| got up and mounted their horses and sat
| peering through the darkness, now slightly
dispelled by the gray dawn of morning. A
moment later there was a low whistle
which was answered by Buckskn. Then
two men rode up from the little gulch of
Indian creek to the northeast of the ranch.
''Yer late" said Buckskin.
Couldn't git here no sooner" replied
one of them. Got the stocka"
six head.n
''Freighters?"
"Four ov 'em-two ov em ofT'n the O.
H. boss ranch. Ye fellers wanter be hus-
tim fore 1t gifts any lighter"
"We're goin' to- Here's yer dust fer the
last lott
Bucksllin took roll of bills and exam
ined them in the dim light The men Sc
cured the horses and were ready to return.
I'VE bought we couple o. bottles o.
licker," said Buckskin's partner, as he
handed each flask.
That's right" returned one of the men.
Don't let no grass grow under yer feet"
| said Buckslzin, ''an' don't hit the bottles
much till We git past Owl Butte am over
outer the reserve. We an Shorty will be
over to the Hole in bout week an talk up
that other business"
Then the men rode away and Buckskin
and his partner unsaddled their horses and
threw themselves on the grass in front of
the house.
SIS it Whipsaw Clark that ye're goin' to
shoot?" asked Buckskin's partner.
NE" replied Buckskin. Lets have
that bottle agin.n
He took deep drink, remained silent
some time and then took another. The
liquor made him more communicative. He
lay stretched on the grass watching the
reddening eastern sky and at last he said
'Podner, it amt nobody here that Pm
goin' to give dose o. lead"
"W here bouts, thenH
"Kansas, where used to live"
''Ye amt goin' down there to do it, ]
hope!" returned his partner with some
surprise.
II would, but reckon l won't hev to.
happened to see stray copy of news
paper down at Eldorado t'other day what
SAID he was coming right up here where
am"
What We goin' to shoot him fer!'
"'Cause he married my wifen
eyer wife, Buckskinl 1 didn't know We
had one.n
Course We didn't-ye don't know moth
in bout me anyway, do yea"
mo, that's sou
"Well l used to hev one, though l AIM
seed her fer bout six year. Where's thai
bottle!" He drank again and continued
Il went away six year ago an amt seeC
her sence. Thar hain't nothin' to hendel
her gittin married eff she wants to-she go
a divorce, l heered, year an a half ago
on account o. my gon' off an leavin' her
but when l heered bout it ! swore eff any
man ever married her that I'd kill him!
swore I'd do it, podner, an I'm goin' top
What made ye leave her, Buckskin!"
| ~'A'1o-i Jos' wanted TO % al,ar,
wanted TO keep goin'. When left T -,
to old Mexico an Arzony. 6nefd fa' Went
with me eff hadn't jes' went off when she
WANT eXpectin' it an left her She didn't
want % go, but she'd IA done it. But
reckoned l wouldn't hev no good time with
woman 'long, so skipped without her
l was driDkin' good deal an reckoneo
mebby she'd git long bouts well without
me. reckon l didn't use her very vel
apays, when got full any how. She was 6
little bit o. scared thing-I married hel
back in Missoory an took her out to Kan.
sas. She didn't say nothin', but l knew
she didn't want to leave her old home
She said she would go anywheres with me
though lowed she wouldn't want % &c
to Mexico, so l left her. Fore | went she
used to get homeslck er something an cry
sometimes. She was powerful hand tC
go to church every Sunday | went one
Sunday myself, but / didn't take no stock
in it. told her not to go no more but she
KEEP Soin'. | never heerded nothin' from
her after went away till heered bout the
divorce. It WANT no fair way to use me-
| don't think-I was goin' back some time.
She orter waited. 1 ies' swore then ]
wouldn't do nothin bout that, but Of she
ever got married ag'in I'd shoot the man ei
l had to go thousand miles to do it!"
"Do ye know the Teller she marmedr
"Y es, know him-used to 90 to school
with him. He was little pale, white cuss,
some younger nor me-must be bout the
same age as Millie-an' was alays up at
the head of the class while l was gin'allv
down round the other end someweres.
| Then he went off to school an they made a
preacher of him-I al'ays said he wouldn't
| make nothin' more'n one of these Bible
Founders. What saw in the paper tother
day said he was married an was comm up
to Eldorado to start church an they cal
culated he would do much good. I'll fix
him bout the time he gets here. He don't
know, nor my wife don't neither, that Pm
here-they think Pm down round Ar'zonv
yet. reckon they wouldn't come ef they
knowed it."
''Well, Buckskin I reckon that air Gospel
sharp orter be shot"
"Orter Well, We bet he's goin' to git it
whether he orter or notl l don't want %
hurt her, ov courSe-though she served me
thunderin' mean trick when she got that
dlvorce-an' I'm gon' to tell her SO after |
| git that Teller fixed that she's WITH
The sun was by this time up, and after
draining the bottle the men arose and Buck
SKINS partner went into the house and be-
! gan getting breakfast After the meal re-
inforced by another bottle, they laid down
and were soon asleep. They slept till nearly
| noon, when, after another meal of biscuits
bacon and coffee, they rode over the range
and looked after the stock, not that they
cared much whether it could be found or
not, but they must keep u.p appearances.